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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Retrospect, Southern Africa and Beyond, 1979-1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bessie states that one day all nations shall dwell under what shadow?
(a) Total equality.
(b) Peace.
(c) The Pharaoh's.
(d) Global civilization.

2. In "God and the underdog," Bessie states that there is nothing that moves her more deeply than what?
(a) The history of the Jews.
(b) Poverty.
(c) The emancipation of African blacks.
(d) Children with no future.

3. In "Makeba music," where would Russian people caught dealing in the black market be deported to?
(a) Siberia.
(b) United States.
(c) Israel.
(d) Africa.

4. In "God and the underdog," why does Bessie say the Klansmen make God a white man with blue eyes?
(a) They have no imagination.
(b) They don't really understand God's teachings.
(c) They're arrogant and think God must resemble them.
(d) The white people are the most alienated from God.

5. In Ellen Kuzwayo's book "Call Me Woman," what was considered a danger to the black African community?
(a) White women.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Revolutionary refugees.
(d) Tribalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bessie think the Afrikaner race will one day emulate?

2. What does Bessie state was totally absent in her?

3. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the only education for blacks in South Africa is what?

4. What special category did Bessie see her writing in?

5. In "A Question of Power," Bessie states that what can lead a people or a nation into a terrible abyss of destruction?

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